Dynamic Snowboarding Flex & Extension

We need to be able to flex & extend when we snowboard. This online snowboard lesson will go over Dynamic Flex & Extension. We want to develop some rhythm while we ride. Learn to snowboard online with flowingfreeride.com and take a look at our YouTube Page for more free content and learn to snowboard right. If we’re just flexing the whole time we ride we’ll wear ourselves out. Just flex your fist and the longer you stay flexed the more all of your muscles start flexing. Your whole body will start flexing and shaking so you need to relax or extend and then flex. This gives your body some rest. It we stay extended or relaxed the whole time we wouldn’t stop so we need to use these movements together.

Now a basic movement is to switch edges when your board is parallel to the fall line. We start our turn up/extended and compress/flex at the end of the turn. Try doing some of these basic turns so that you’re comfortable and get into rhythm. Look at our online snowboard lesson video. After you’ve got the basic movement down let’s get try to mix it up with more dynamic movements. This is a more advanced movement so unless you’re an advanced snowboarder stick to the basic movements/turns. Dynamic turns are where you change edge perpendicular to the fall line and we start our turns flexed and then extend through them. Again take a look at our online snowboard lesson video on Dynamic Flex & Extension.

This snowboard lesson can be practiced on groomed blue terrain at first and then progress to harder terrain. It will take some time to get into the proper timing and rhythm. If you can get the basic snowboard turns down then you’re halfway there. This rhythm will transfer into other areas of the mountain like in bumps or moguls because those are created by folks turning in the same place. They have rhythm so the snow gets pushed into the same spot. I recommend staying on groomers until you have developed dynamic turns and basic turns. I use a lot of dynamic flex & extension in the moguls but I like to blend my movements because I like use which movements are the most efficient for the terrain I’m in.

Once you’ve got these turns and movements down you’ll look better. Snowboarding is big on style. A lot of the competitions that I competed in had a component of the points or judging that included style points. My mates & I that are Level 3 Rippers can tell very quickly what level someone is just by seeing them make a few turns and these movements will add more tools to your tool belt of snowboard skills. We have a full online snowboard school that goes through every step to progress along without skipping important skills at flowingfreeride.com This is one of our Drills sections for L3 Ripper.